PostgreSQL DBA - remote work

*PostgreSQL DBA – remote work*

*Please contact me if @ rdestefano(at)novetta(dot)com <rdestefano(at)novetta(dot)com> if
you are interested in applying for this position. This position requires
the candidate to be able to obtain a SECURITY CLEARANCE.*

*Sincerely,*

*Rich DeStefano*

*Rich DeStefano | Novetta*

*Sr Talent Acquisition *

*rdestefano(at)novetta(dot)com <rdestefano(at)novetta(dot)com>*

*www.novetta.com <http://www.novetta.com>*

*Position Description:*

Novetta has an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and
accomplished *Database
Administrator* to join our Engineering team. The ideal candidate will be
working on cutting-edge Cyber technologies. As a Database Administrator,
you will work closely with the Development, QA and Services teams to
support business goals and to help ensure Novetta products are released in
a timely manner.

*In this role you will:*

- Create, Manage and maintain internal development, testing and
production databases.
- Install, configure, update and troubleshoot large environments.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineers and Administrators on technical
issues.
- Create a fast, safe system for databases in production.
- Collaborate with engineers, testers and staff.
- Automate, backup and secure everything.
- Rapidly diagnose and fix problems in production.

*Basic Qualifications:*

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- +5 years relevant experience
- Knowledge of database systems theory
- Awareness of current and future trends in the relational database
industry.

*Desired Skills:*

- Broad architectural awareness of customer applications, not only
understanding database aspects (e.g. metrics, db parameters etc.) but also
with ability to triage issues in an end-to-end manner aware of how web,
application and caching tiers impact database performance and availability.
- Experience interacting with resolving database engine and
system/infrastructure-related issues and providing guidance on systems
architecture, data model, and SQL query reviews as needed.
- Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL replication technologies
including Master-Master multi-replication, Master-Multiple Slave
replication.
- MySQL and PostgreSQL administration and support experience including
backup and recovery, replication, clustering, performance tuning, and
monitoring.
- Familiarity managing Application servers for data integration and
reporting applications.
- Experience working in a highly segmented network with complex firewall
implementations and many security features
- Coding skills in the procedural language for at least one database
engine a must (PL/SQL etc.)
- Proven track record mastering manual database-related tasks and
building automation wherever possible to replace those tasks.
- Working knowledge of at least one compiled language a plus (Java, C,
C++ )
- Experience with Open Source and Big Data databases (relational and
non-relational) MongoDB, CouchDB, HBase, Cassandra, etc
- Experience setting-up and managing Amazon EC2 Cloud Infrastructure
(including GovCloud configuration)
- Experience with documentation of standard procedures, architecture,
design and deployments
- Release management and deployment of code in different environments
using source code control tools such as GitHub.
- Has experience in the Agile Methodology.

*Security Clearance:*

An able to obtain a security clearance